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1850-1900
Old U. S. Navy Yard
Schuylkill River Hydrographical Survey 1861-66 by H. P. M. Birkinbine
30th Street Sewer
Philadelphia Water Department chief engineer John Trautwine Jr., 1890s
Outhouse over the Schuylkill near Pottstown
Apparatus for testing model turbine wheels used at Fairmount, 1859-60
Duplex Pumping Engine, Belmont Works
Engine House of the Belmont Works
Charles Spencer & Co., Leicester Knitting Mills, Germantown, Philadelphia
Philadelphia Water Department Fire Hydrant
Engine House, Belmont Works
Diagram showing the daily pumpage for the year 1877
City of Philadelphia Water Loan Certificate, 1872
Plan for the Collection, Purification and Disposal of the Sewage of the City of Philadelphia, 1912
Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, Schuylkill Flood 1869
Fairmount Water Works, with “Nymph and Bittern” fountain and standpipe, 1875
Henry Disston & Sons Keystone Saw Works
Baldwin Locomotive Works
William Wood & Co., Manufacturer of Cotton and Woollen Goods, Philadelphia, PA
Jonval Turbines at New Mill House, 1870